52485 (2025). Hon Rachel Brooking to the Minister for the Environment

Written Question

Published date: 19 Nov 2025

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Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	52485 (2025)
Question asked:	05 Nov 2025
Member asking:	Hon Rachel Brooking
Portfolio:	Minister for the Environment
Minister replying:	Hon Penny Simmonds
Answer received:	13 Nov 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_52485_2025
Document guid:	d65ac069-d812-4060-999a-def5f2ea4b4b

52485 (2025). Hon Rachel Brooking to the Minister for the Environment: Does she agree with Shane Jones who said the Environmental Protection Authority should not take it on itself to be “some kind of supernatural guardian of the natural world”?

Hon Penny Simmonds: I refer the member to my response to written parliamentary question 48277 (2025).